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Wikstroemia
Genus of shrubs
Wikstroemia is a genus of 93 species of flowering shrubs and small trees in the mezereon family, Thymelaeaceae. Hawaiian species are known by the common name ‘ākia.
01Medicinal uses
Wikstroemia indica (Chinese: 了哥王; pinyin: liǎo gē wáng) is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.
02Paper making
The bark fibres of several species of Wikstroemia are used to make paper.
03Species
93 species are accepted.
- Wikstroemia albiflora Yatabe
- Wikstroemia alternifolia Batalin
- Wikstroemia androsaemifolia Decne.
- Wikstroemia angustifolia Hemsl.
- Wikstroemia anhuiensis D.C.Zhang & X.P.Zhang
- Wikstroemia australis Endl., Norfolk Island
- Wikstroemia baimashanensis S.C.Huang
- Wikstroemia bicornuta Hillebr., alpine false ohelo (Lānaʻi and Maui, Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia bokorensis E.Oguri & Tagane
- Wikstroemia bolavenensis Tagane & Soulad.
- Wikstroemia brachyantha Merr.
- Wikstroemia canescens Meisn.
- Wikstroemia capitata Rehder
- Wikstroemia capitatoracemosa S.C.Huang
- Wikstroemia chamaedaphne (Bunge) Meisn.
- Wikstroemia chui Merr.
- Wikstroemia cochinchinensis H.H.Pham
- Wikstroemia cochlearifolia S.C.Huang
- Wikstroemia coriacea Sol. ex Seem.
- Wikstroemia delavayi Lecomte
- Wikstroemia dolichantha Diels
- Wikstroemia elliptica Merr.
- Wikstroemia fargesii (Lecomte) Domke
- Wikstroemia floribunda Merr.
- Wikstroemia forbesii Skottsb., Molokai false ohelo (Molokaʻi, Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia fragrans W.B.Liao, Q.Fan & J.R.Chen
- Wikstroemia fuminensis Y.D.Qi & Yin Z.Wang
- Wikstroemia furcata (Hillebr.) Rock, forest false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia ganpi (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.
- Wikstroemia gaomushanensis (Zi L.Chen, P.Wang & Y.F.Lu) Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
- Wikstroemia glabra W.C.Cheng
- Wikstroemia gracilis Hemsl.
- Wikstroemia guanxianensis Yong H.Zhang, H.Sun & Boufford
- Wikstroemia hainanensis Merr.
- Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra, lavafield false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia haoi Domke
- Wikstroemia huidongensis C.Y.Chang
- Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A.Mey. (synonym Wikstroemia linearifolia), India and southeast Asia to Malesia, Papuasia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands
- Wikstroemia jiulongensis Yong H.Zhang, H.Sun & Boufford
- Wikstroemia johnplewsii W.L.Wagner & Lorence - Marquesas Islands
- Wikstroemia lamatsoensis Hamaya
- Wikstroemia lanceolata Merr.
- Wikstroemia leptophylla W.W.Sm.
- Wikstroemia liangii Merr. & Chun
- Wikstroemia lichiangensis W.W.Sm.
- Wikstroemia ligustrina Rehder
- Wikstroemia linoides Hemsl.
- Wikstroemia longifolia Lecomte
- Wikstroemia longipaniculata S.C.Huang
- Wikstroemia lungtzeensis S.C.Huang
- Wikstroemia meyeniana Warb.
- Wikstroemia micrantha Hemsl.
- Wikstroemia monnula Hance
- Wikstroemia mononectaria Hayata
- Wikstroemia monticola Skottsb., ʻĀkia, montane false ohelo (Maui)
- Wikstroemia nutans Champ. ex Benth.
- Wikstroemia oahuensis (A.Gray) Rock, Oʻahu false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Maui in Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia oahuensis var. oahuensis, Oʻahu false ohelo
- Wikstroemia oahuensis var. palustris, Oʻahu false ohelo
- Wikstroemia × ohsumiensis Hatus.
- Wikstroemia ovata C.A.Mey.
- Wikstroemia pachyrachis S.L.Tsai
- Wikstroemia pampaninii Rehder
- Wikstroemia pauciflora Franch. & Sav.
- Wikstroemia paxiana H.J.P.Winkl.
- Wikstroemia phillyreifolia A.Gray, Hawaiʻi false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)
- Wikstroemia phymatoglossa Koidz.
- Wikstroemia pilosa W.C.Cheng
- Wikstroemia poilanei Leandri
- Wikstroemia polyantha Merr.
- Wikstroemia pseudoretusa Koidz.
- Wikstroemia pulcherrima Skottsb., Kohala false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)
- Wikstroemia raiateensis J.W.Moore
- Wikstroemia reginaldi-farreri (Halda) Yin Z.Wang & M.G.Gilbert
- Wikstroemia retusa A.Gray
- Wikstroemia ridleyi Gamble
- Wikstroemia rotundifolia (L.f.) C.A.Mey.
- Wikstroemia salicina (H.Lév.) H.Lév. & Blin.
- Wikstroemia sandwicensis Meisn., variableleaf false ohelo (Island of Hawaiʻi)
- Wikstroemia scytophylla Diels
- Wikstroemia sikokiana Franch. & Sav.
- Wikstroemia sinoparviflora Yin Z.Wang & M.G.Gilbert
- †Wikstroemia skottsbergiana Sparre, Skottsberg's false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia stenophylla E.Pritz.
- Wikstroemia subcyclolepidota L.P.Liu & Y.S.Lian
- Wikstroemia subspicata (Meisn.) Meisn.
- Wikstroemia taiwanensis C.E.Chang
- Wikstroemia techinensis S.C.Huang
- Wikstroemia tenuiramis Miq.
- Wikstroemia trichotoma (Thunb.) Makino
- Wikstroemia uva-ursi A.Gray, hillside false ohelo (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and Maui in Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. kauaiensis, false ohelo
- Wikstroemia uva-ursi var. uva-ursi, hillside false ohelo
- Wikstroemia vaccinium (H.Lév.) Rehder
- Wikstroemia venosa Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Wikstroemia villosa Hillebr., hairy false ohelo (Maui, Hawaii)
- Wikstroemia yakushimensis (Makino) Nakai ex Masam.
- Wikstroemia zhejiangensis Y.F.Lu, Z.H.Chen & X.F.Jin
Formerly placed here
- Gordonia fruticosa (Schrad.) H.Keng (as Wikstroemia fruticosa Schrad.)
- Rhamnoneuron balansae (Maury) Gilg (as Wikstroemia balansae Maury)
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